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• mushy brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - rob passehl
  Thu, 27 May 1999 09:24:56 PDT
  ...couldn't get the rear drums off due to some previous over zealous impact wrench work. i still bled all the lines. it helped...
• Breaker bar
  Historical mailing list - Frank Herzig
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:37:22 -0600
  ...Have a Craftsman for my regular tools, but for tire use I bought a 25" breaker bar ($12) and 19mm deep impact socket ($4...
• Re: Rear-Ended !! / Tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:14:15 -0400
  ...of very substantial steel - > which will inadvertently transfer MORE of an impact to the the thinner steel What if... you made bumpers from 2...
• Re: slightVC: TDI vs hybrid (was: Re: TDI conversion thoughts)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:13:05 -0400
  ...And slightly arguing the environmental impact. Sudhir
• Re: Battery acid in rollover
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 09:03:40 -0600
  ...punched out in a way that looked like a head had impacted it in the center. It was caused by a decoration that had...
• Re: Stuck cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:47:53 -0500
  ...Any tricks to non-destructively extricate them? I have tried several impact based motivation to no avail. TIA, Ken PS have you $een this...
• Re: limited slip differential question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 1 May 2009 18:29:40 +0000
  ...limited slip differential question Regarding limited-slip differentials in 4 speed manual trannies in 2wd Vanagons, what are the impacts on fuel economy and...
• 02 sensor, help needed
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (hopeless VW nut)
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 17:46:23 -0500
  ...If that won't work use a 7/8" 6point deepwell impact socket with a long 1/2" breaker bar. Rick Sherrod kdf_cars...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft; Lessons Learned.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 01:47:39 +0100
  ...did after this, as the outer race got damaged both from the jammed balls, and the impact from the hammer. PerL 87 Syncro 112i
• Re: oil pressure norm?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 23:06:13 -0500
  ...Again, your oil weight will have an impact on those numbers. I run 20W50 and pass that "test." -Karl Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown...
• FS Last item - Don't throw rocks at me.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 08:47:16 -0500
  One each Blue Point (Snap On) 1/2" Air Impact Wrench. Price $50.00 This tool is 30 years old, rebuilt twice but still...
• Re: Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:00:10 -0700
  ...Some in the MB community swear by the stuff, but I've never come across any objective analysis of its long-term impact. http...
• RE: CA Smog Impact Avoidance(?)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 06 Dec 1995 13:50:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Do I have to pay the smog impact fee when I go to >re-register it? How about if I keep paying my CA...
• Re: Westy Lean
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 8 Feb 2021 14:41:33 -0500
  ...Dennis Haynes has a set of scales and wrote up the impact of the weights and positions. Did you measure before adding the weight...
• Re: Hoping to buy a hauler, single or double cab.
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 14:04:22 PDT
  William Abbott writes: > > John Richie, drunks and the drugged are usually limp and survive > the impacts that kill their victims. With a 50 MPH...
• Re: Big battery installed
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 25 May 2015 10:03:21 -0700
  Do you foresee any potential issue with impacts to the skid plate? Neat install. I assume that battery was good value? (Amp per dollar...
• Re: Stripes?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:41:57 -0500
  Chevrons of same width and spacing but alternating colors in that groove?Done right - it could have a psychological impact - or psychodelic?? John On...
• RE: Travails of northern VW experience (was: Hi ya!)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 28 Jul 1995 14:05:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...But let us not also forget the scars on the knuckles, caused by impact with the pavement as my northern VW aficionado brothers and...
• Re: Seized Axel Nut
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 08:48:03 -0800
  ...When and if you do need to remove it, rent a 3/4" drive electric impact hammer and socket to do the job, it...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety/Projectzwo bull bars
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 15:48:07 EDT
  ...the > newest vehicles are built to self destruct from the slightest impact. If > Run your vanagon into a concrete wall at 5mph. see what...
• Re: roadside memorials/ No vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:25:22 -0500
  ...I suppose the old Highway Department just wanted to make some kind of an impact on those using the highways. Not exactly a memorial...
• Q.about Front Syncro Axle Removal (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:34:05 -0800
  ...without an impact gun? Should I start looking for a big cheater bar? I found the socket at Sears for about $8 bucks - non...
• Re: Removal of flywheel bolts
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 21 May 2002 18:00:03 -0500
  ...I have > the > usual tools, including a Chicago Electric Tools impact wrench, and > the > item may be a "dud," for which I paid too...
• Re: Tool Pontifications
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Wed, 08 Jan 1997 11:04:08 -0500
  ...I once bought a set of impact sockets that were cheaper that Craftsman or Snap-On and they broke on 2nd use SENDING PEICES...
• Re: This is why I drive a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 10:15:40 EDT
  ...There was about 30 feet on skid marks from my vanagon before and after the impact! It felt like I hit nothing more than...
• Urgent!! Anyone know what size the axel nit is?!?!?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 16:13:34 -0500
  ...I need to know what size socket to get so I can use my neighbors impact tool. This brake job has been h*ll...
• Re: Insurance Hall of Fame (nvc)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 22 May 2003 15:48:44 -0400
  ...evenly spaced for a chain-saw job, and there is an impact > point on the wing. Yeah, I saw the whole story posted on...
• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:51:30 -0500
  ...would be helpful. > > btw, I have a 1/2" Ingersoll Rand impact gun running 140psi, and have > used it with gunk-off or whatever...
• Re: CV axel repair
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:13:21 -0400
  If the Allen or triple square fasteners are rounded out they can easily be removed using Craftsman "Impact Grade" bolt outs (not the regular...
• Re: fresh air cabin filter
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:56:09 -0500
  Jarrett I'm not sure how this will impact the airflow but it occurs to me that maybe this will quiet down some of...
• Removing CV joints.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Stevens
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 19:45:44 -0400
  ...and an impact gun should be no prob as long as the socket is tapped in.. But what I have done on all my...
• Re: 82 Westfalia FOR SALE or FOR PARTS
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 20:21:12 -0700
  Wow, I wish I was a bit closer! Anyone happen to be driving to BC with an empty flatdeck? ;-) The impact must have been...
• Coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:19:09 -0700
  ...I have not found an obvious leak, but I also wonder if the impact of the accident started this also. Thanks in advance for...
• Syncro Clutch? [Was: Vanagon plea from western Belize...]
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hooper
  Sun, 8 Dec 1996 01:40:15 -0600
  ...They destroy indigenous cultures. > I think we all need >to be aware of our impact on developing countries. >...It is about genocide, >practiced today...
• Re: 55MPH vibration problem...
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 00:22:29 -0700
  ...Thanks again Kyle for drilling my new rear bumper for the old impact >strip. It fits great. > Check the motor mounts (?). Austin
• Re: � � � Re: Front Overhead AC Modified fo r a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:25:50 -0600
  ...forward relative to the typical Vanagon AC mounting to > minimize the impact on the opening. I mounted it so the face of the > unit...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 18:31:59 -0700
  ...Ideally those > splines would exist only as a safety backup, but whether or not that > applies here impact loading on them has to be...
• Re: Rear axle nut socket
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Fri, 4 Jul 2003 06:38:41 -0500
  ...For a few $$ more you can have a tool that can handle the strength of an air impact gun, and a heck of a...
• Japans Nuclear Problems
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:13:35 -0500
  ...There's a lot of ways that Japan's disaster could impact us as Vanagon users. Any thoughts on this? John -- John Rodgers Clayartist...
• Re: Rain in your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Nancy E. Dodge
  Tue, 23 Jul 1996 13:23:02 -0700
  ...If you look closely, there is still deer hair at the initial point of impact...can anyone ELSE make that claim about their van...
• Wanted: vent window top hinge piece for '88
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 31 May 2003 07:46:32 -0700
  ...back, and went to install it, only to find that the impact ripped the threads out of the little casting on the upper hinge...
• Re: Very Sad Westy News and S-O-S
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 03:52:38 -0700
  ...We collided and the impact threw me off the highway, down off the > > shoulder bank, up into another bank which literally acted like > a...
• Re: bed conversion, bumper questions
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 12:31:30 -0400
  ...I paid around $150.00 2 years ago and had to paint it to my liking and also drill holes for the rubber impact...
• Vanagon crash safety
  Historical mailing list - Dietmar Schlei
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:38:58 -0500
  ...The test was conducted by Germany's ADAC (the organization that invented the offset frontal impact). The conclusion was that all the other vans...
• What is the container behind the rear passenger-side wheel?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:51:26 -0400
  ...Anybody know what this canister is? What impact on the vehicle's running would that loose hose have? It's an '87 Westy with...
• Re: Building a Shop
  Historical mailing list - Robert L Peters
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:21:15 -0500
  ...tools, what would you put in your shop, besides a battery impact or ratchet? > > adam Butler > Florence, TX>Close to Austin + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + rob@robertlpeters.com...
• Re: Recommended Auto Body in South, FL
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:21:23 -0500
  ...The direction of the impact would not be as important as the severity. I would be concerned about the transmission gears, differential, seals, perhaps...
• Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - THE SCHMIDTS
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 22:36:11 -0700
  ...An adequate supply of Spaten Premium beer (seasonal Oktoberfest version if avail in your locale) and a glossary of the latest, high impact curse...
• Re: VW's vs Meteorites
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sat, 18 Jan 2003 00:20:31 -0600
  ...time) Discovery Science Channel has a program about > asteroids/comets and the history of earth impacts. > Bob > > > > http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new...
• Re: Removing alloy wheel nuts
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 15:49:34 -0600
  ...I am sure it is a problem on the >road, I am sure an air impact wrench will do it in the garage but...
• Re: Hit a Deer
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:06:36 -0800
  ...Most of > >> the impact was just under the left headlight. Now I need parts. > >> If anyone is parting out a vanagon, I need the...
• Dometic Recall
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:07:18 -0700
  ...This could result in a fire." Almost all the RV manufacturers in the USA are impacted. The list of RVs, trailers and campers is...
• Re: Vanagon Crash Test Ratings Not So Good --
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:57:16 -0500
  ...Head Impact: Volvo: 200 G VW: 42 G Chest impact Volvo: 65 G VW: 30 G That's off the site (http://v-dub...
• Re: STP Gas Treatment
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:50:49 -0600
  ...They take into account the changes in technology. > Buy gas from a station that sells alcohol free gas - this will have the > greatest impact...
• Re: Rear axle nut. Uuugh!
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Thomas
  Sat, 5 Nov 1994 21:00:19 -0600 (CST)
  ...I've never had a problem with that 3/4" breaker bar and ordninary sockets (not impact sockets), with that thick pipe, and I...
• Re: Front AC Kits - VANAGON GROUP PURCHASE / Report on Supplier
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 14:40:29 -0700
  ...Use it to measure both the performance of your current system as as well as the impact of any changes. In my van, typically...
• Re: Very Technical Question on Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:01:52 -0500
  ...Basically a relief valve on the piston so impacts will cause the shock to reduce damping on the compression and then control the rebound...
• Re: Car Talk Vanagon caller
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 18:08:59 -0400
  ...Frontal impacts with other Vanagons, SUVs, or solid objects are bad news. -- David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si
• 91 Westfalia - metal clips in headlight buckets that hold on front grill
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 21:48:42 -0600
  Hi, I recently had an impact with the front end of my 1991 Westfalia right in the area of the passenger head lights. The...
• Re: Building a Shop
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 13:23:43 -0400
  ...Battery impacts are not real shop additions. Hose and power/light reels will really be helpful. Avoid the off brands. You do get what...